Chapter 3: Secrets in the Shadows
After the battle, both sides licked their wounds. Ayla returned to her den with a nagging thought: why had the Vampires risked attacking her pack without their full strength? The answer lay with Kael, a rogue Vampire with secrets of his own. He approached Ayla under the guise of a truce, offering her vital information about Lucian's plans.
Kael revealed that Lucian sought not only to win the war but to destroy both races, using the Moonstone to ascend beyond mortality. Though Ayla despised Kael, she realized she had no choice but to work with him—at least for now.